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Committee adopts substitute for nurse-practitioner scope bill and advances it with recommendation
Summary
Representative Preston presented a strengthened substitute to House Bill 4399 to expand nurse practitioners' practice authority, including phasing out contract requirements after 1,000 collaborative hours and adding continuing-education requirements; the committee adopted the substitute and voted 12–1–1 to report the bill with recommendation.
The House Health Policy Committee adopted and advanced a substitute to House Bill 4399 aimed at expanding nurse practitioners' practice authority.
Representative Preston said the substitute phases NPs out of the contract process after they complete 1,000 collaborative hours and adds continuing-education requirements on pharmacology, therapeutics and prescribing to ensure…
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